Comments: Arlean Stella Blodgett (Nee: Purdey) | MI United States | 1941-1960 | Comments: Arlean Stella Purdey was born on October 2, 1932 in Gilmore Township, Isabella County, Michigan. She was the third child born to Henry Clifford and Lorna Beatrice Yats Purdey and their third daughter. On November 24, 1947, Stella married Elmo Blodgett in Toledo, Ohio. They had four children together. Stella died on November 14, 2003 and is buried at the Gilmore Township Cemetery, Isabella County, Michigan near two of her sisters. This photograph was taken in 1959.